PHI BETA KAPPA


Meaning of PHI BETA KAPPA in English

[ ˌfʌɪ ˌbi:tə'kapə ]

■ noun (in the US) an honorary society of undergraduates and some graduates, to which members are elected on the basis of high academic achievement.

↘a member of this society.

Origin

from the initial letters of a Greek motto philosophia biou kubernētēs 'philosophy is the guide to life'.

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